Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 52)

52 Chapter 1 An Overview of the Shake User Interface
To quickly analyze colors in the Viewer:
m Click and scrub with the mouse in the Viewer to display the X, Y, R, G, B, and alpha
values in the Viewer title bar.
These values are also displayed in the Info field in the bottom-right corner of the
interface. You can also use the Pixel Analyzer and Color Picker windows to analyze this
data with more extensive options.
Note: To display the values in the Terminal window that launched Shake, press Control
and scrub in the Viewer.
Suspending Rendering and Viewer Redraw
There are two ways you can suspend rendering the node tree. This can help if you’re
making adjustments to a render intensive node and you don’t want to wait for the
image to render and display in the Viewer every time you make an adjustment.
To immediately stop rendering at any time:
m To stop any processing at any time, press Esc.
Rendering is suspended until another operation occurs that requires rendering.
To suspend rendering and redraw in the Viewer altogether:
m Change the Viewer’s update mode to Update Off via the Update Mode control in the
Viewer shelf.
Rendering is suspended until the Viewer’s update mode is changed to Update On or
Progress.
Controls in the Viewer Shelf
The Viewer shelf has many controls that let you customize how images are displayed in
the Viewer. These controls can be used directly, but many Viewer controls also
correspond to shortcut menu items and keyboard shortcuts with the same function.